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EXHIBIT 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
The Board of Directors
American Vantage Companies
We consent to incorporation by reference in registration statement No 333-00905
on Form S-8 of American Vantage Companies of our report dated October 12, 2000,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of American Vantage Companies as of
July 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, which
report appears in the July 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-KSB of American
Vantage Companies.
/s/ Bradshaw, Smith & Co., LLP
Las Vegas, Nevada
October 26, 2000
